Monaca-East Rochester Bridge
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The Monaca – East Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge
which crosses the Ohio River
between Monaca, Pennsylvania
and East Rochester, Pennsylvania
. It opened in 1959 and was tolled until 1973.
Continuous truss bridge
A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge which extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads across all the spans; in a series of simple trusses,...
which crosses the Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
between Monaca, Pennsylvania
Monaca, Pennsylvania
Monaca is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, northwest of Pittsburgh. Monaca was first incorporated as Phillipsburg in 1840, and had been known by that name since the 1820s. In 1892, the name of the borough was changed to Monaca in honor of the Native...
and East Rochester, Pennsylvania
East Rochester, Pennsylvania
East Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 623 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Rochester is located at ....
. It opened in 1959 and was tolled until 1973.